diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lyra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lyra/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e73c9266a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lyra/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles, meson, ninja }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "lyra";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bfgroup";
+    repo = "lyra";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1wcwsmg41bmjir6pjrjxrwccqj25d9068ifi9m6xz6q3fhaq6s81";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  postPatch = "sed -i s#/usr#$out#g meson.build";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/include
+    cp -R $src/include/* $out/include
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bfgroup/Lyra";
+    description = "A simple to use, composable, command line parser for C++ 11 and beyond";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.boost;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ davidtwco ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index beaffb2013e..3e69da72cc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13311,6 +13311,8 @@ in
     asciidoc = asciidoc-full;
   };
 
+  lyra = callPackage ../development/libraries/lyra { };
+
   lzo = callPackage ../development/libraries/lzo { };
 
   opencl-clang = callPackage ../development/libraries/opencl-clang { };